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LVMH x Parsons = my first foray as a designer into new york fashion week!

26 February 2010
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oh hello hello hello, remember me? i must have fallen off your blog radar a super long time ago with my lack of consistent postings. but i really have good reason! for the last few months, i have been completely absorbed – mind, body and soul – into this project that has really been the [...]

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mercedes-benz fashion week s/s 2010: miguel antoinne

13 September 2009
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it was the end to a very long day after awful rains and seriously strong winds, and i was tired. but i was interested in seeing the revealing of the new collection by miguel antoinne. also, because i kind of love visiting off-site venues more than the tents, when i had received an invite to [...]

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mercedes-benz fashion week s/s 2010: arise: promise of africa collective

13 September 2009
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the lovely naoko jackson brought me along with her to the arise: promise of africa collective. this was one of the shows during the s/s 2010 mercedes-benz fashion week that i was really interested in watching, because i’d been so fascinated with african textiles. it all began about a year ago when i was researching [...]

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saturday’s new york shopping tour & its unexpected compliments

6 September 2009
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in a big effort to blog more and succumb to the wishes of my readers (heh heh. go vote if you haven’t already!), i thought i’d share how i spent my saturday.
3 of my friends and i took a walking/shopping tour of downtown new york. it was really quite amazing and we promised to do [...]

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michael jackson, gone too soon.

26 June 2009
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like a comet
blazing ‘cross the evening sky
gone too soon
like a rainbow
fading in the twinkling of an eye
gone too soon
shiny and sparkly
and splendidly bright
here one day
gone one night
like the loss of sunlight
on a cloudy afternoon
gone too soon
like a castle
built upon a sandy beach
gone too soon
like a perfect flower
that is just beyond your reach
gone too soon
born to [...]

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a designer’s resolution: do it your way

9 May 2009
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you know, i’ve never done things the way i “should”. the way society tells me to, the way my friends do, the way it’s expected. i act differently, dress differently, design differently…
unfortunately, because of that, i’ve met with obstacles along the way. my parents were one of my biggest obstacles, because they couldn’t understand how [...]

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